GRAPHIC
STORYTELLING
IN
NEW
MEDIA

It’s nice to
meet you.
You look amazing, by the way.

http://blog.eachday.com/2007/8/1/bubble-logo-insanity

“a brand is a
person’s gut
feeling about a
product, service
or organization”
Marty Neumeier, The Brand Gap

Krazy Kat (© King Features Syndicate) virb.com

Voltron (© World Events Productions)

Spider-Man (© Marvel), Popeye (© King Features Syndicate), Peanuts (© United Features Syndicate)

Watchmen (© Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Bone (© Jeff Smith)

Juxtaposed pictorial and other images
in deliberate sequence, intended to convey
information and/or to produce an aesthetic
response in the viewer.
Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics

Immediacy

Universality

Versatility

Ease-of-creation

Dark Knight Returns (© Warner Bros. Entertainment)

DIY

Content
vs.
Delivery

Versatility

Web design is the creation of digital
environments that facilitate and encourage
human activity; reflect or adapt to individual
voices and content; and change gracefully
over time while always retaining their identity.
Jeffrey Zeldman, Understanding Web Design

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pictorial (content)

sequence

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digital environments

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(Success!)

stories/videos/imagery
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Themes/Labs
Messages
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API
Photos/Videos
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Tweets
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Blankets (© Craig Thompson)

Kane (© Paul Grist)

Maus (© Art Spiegelman)

Cerebus (© Dave Sim)

PVP (© Scott Kurtz), Penny Arcade (© Penny Arcade, Inc.)

Calvin & Hobbes (© United Features Syndicate)

Watchmen (© Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Garfield (© PAWS, Inc.)

I Can’t Stop Thinking! (© Scott McCloud)

The Right Number (© Scott McCloud)

Magic Inkwell Comic Strip Theatre (© Cat Garza, Jr.)

Pup (© Drew Weing)

When I Am King (© Demian 5)

“ Anne Busquet, of American Express,
said that this is not, in fact, the ‘Age
of the Internet.’ Try instead, the ‘Age
of the Consumer.’”
Tom Peters, Re-Imagine!

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human interaction

Scott Pilgrim (© Brian Lee O’Malley)

Tintin (© Hergé)

Akira (© Katsuhiro Otomo)

Downtown Smells (© Will Eisner)

Pup (© Drew Weing)

sequence

Fantastic Four (© Marvel)

Peanuts (© United Features Syndicate)

Captain America (© Marvel)

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